A fear of thunder and lightening

I think you both have a point. I mean I'm a bit sketchy about spiders but I'm quite sure if I did just capture one and hold it for a while I would be fine. However being a bit sketchy and clearly frightened of something that is irrational probably do need to be treated differently.
 
Well, no. It's not is it.

Armageddon being a god damn end of the world escapade and your scenario being a bite.

Look, i stand by what i say, you cant go around hiding from something like that.
 
I mean, what you supposed to do with this guy?

Introduce him to smaller storms and slowly move him up the storm-o-meter? God damn.

Storms are a part of this world ffs.
 
Well there might be some more serious issues that are underlying that cause these irrational fears. Obviously I'm some dude on an Internet forum with no experience on the matter though, like everyone else, so he should be seeking professional advice.
 
sniffy said:
Well there might be some more serious issues that are underlying that cause these irrational fears. Obviously I'm some dude on an Internet forum with no experience on the matter though, like everyone else, so he should be seeking professional advice.
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Or we could go the Thorpy route and attach the guys nuts to a lightning conducter.

Amusing though how easily people dismiss phobias which can be incredibly life altering.


As said above, better to get professional advice on it.
 
Gerard said:
Or we could go the Thorpy route and attach the guys nuts to a lightning conducter.

Amusing though how easily people dismiss phobias which can be incredibly life altering.
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Yes i said that didnt i :D

Amusing? Not amusing, dismiss them? No...

Life altering? YOU make them life altering by having that fear.

YOU

YOU ultimately have that decision.
 
Thorpy said:
Life altering? YOU make them life altering by having that fear.

YOU

YOU ultimately have that decision.
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And you are aware that fears like this can be brought on by incidents in childhood that you have no control over? So hows this all down to the individual in question?
 
Pretty aware, had a pretty messed up childhood myself.

When you get older you take control of yourself, no? Time to grow up, no?

It's a load of arse, the human mind can accomplish many things without 'help' from shrinks.

Put your mind to it and do it.
 
I got over it until I was about 10 when a house in the next street got hit and it set fire to something and the dorm went up in flames and that was it, also seeing it strike right in front of the house a few years later did not help.
 
Thorpy said:
Pretty aware, had a pretty messed up childhood myself.

When you get older you take control of yourself, no? Time to grow up, no?

It's a load of arse, the human mind can accomplish many things without 'help' from shrinks.

Put your mind to it and do it.
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The human mind can accomplish a lot, but a lot of phobias are usually down to your mind basically subconciously programming you to avoid certain situations. Thats very true in something like agrophobia which can trigger panic attacks and hyper-ventilating. It can easily take years to get out of a rut like that with or without help.
 

Being serious for a moment - seek professional medical advice. You have a phobia that's adversely affecting your life. Get advice from a doctor, not some random people on a website.

You can, in some cases, treat a phobia by exposure. I cured my phobia of spiders by deliberately exposing myself to them. That's not always a good idea, but I was angry at my phobia one day and went for it. It was not a good day out. I was sweating, shivering and close to puking, but angry enough to fight it. And hey, I got a free cardiac stress test! It's easier with spiders in a way, because I could start by standing near a little house spider and work my way up. With a thunderstorm, you've got the full monty or nothing.
 
I was afraid of it for very long too, but after learning a bit about it at physics and watching some docu's, I now feel safe. The only time I'd be really afraid is, being outside with me being the highest point for a big area. Like standing on top of a dike or dune or in the middle of nowhere in a farm field. I must admit though I do not find it comforting walking around outside in a storm, however, I love watching the lightning from my window or my car, it looks amazing !
 
could be worse you could have a epic fear of moths and jenny longlegs I honestly dont know why lol. I hate summer for this reason :(
 
Meh I don't like any bugs and big spiders either, I will call my parents to remove a big spider from my room ( I will attack the smaller ones though). And if I notice a bee or wasp is interested in me I panic :(. I also really don't like walking past some big dogs, yet somehow I don't care about the smaller ones.
 
thedoc46 said:
My only advice for you sir, is never come over to Florida. The lightening capital of the world. AND where I happen to live nowadays. Both my next door neighbours have had their homes struck by lightening with all their major electrical devices blowing up, with each house needing re-wiring. AND a two foot deep, two foot wide trench of blown out grass, that went from a flag pole to the home, taking out the lanai in the process.

TBH, i'm now of the attitude if it roars stay indoors, and i do my best to uplug all major electric devices from the wall.. Cos I'd be mega annoyed if my plasma's got blown off the wall from a direct hit..

Yup those itty bitty storms in the UK are nothing to worry about m8.. The cure would be to come out here during stormy season, come home and dip your feet in the puddle and relax during a UK storm.
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They are nothing to mess around with here. I got caught in a rain storm a couple years ago. What's the worst that could happen? A bit of rain never hurt anyone... The road literally turned in to a river. My car got picked up and swept off in to a storm ditch. It suddenly clicked that I was in a bloody flash flood and people die ever year in these. Lucky there was a house nearby on higher ground so I got help from them. Their swimming pool and basement got flooded though.

I've seen tornadoes, baseball sized hail that will write-off a car, ice storms where the icicles form upside down from the wind, lightning storms where people get electrocuted in the shower, flash floods, blizzards, everything. It's the worst feeling hearing the tornado sirens going off.

Absolutely mental. 45C in the summer, -30C in the winter. Don't ever come here.

I have GRLevel3 running all the time on my second monitor.
 
i don't believe in anything me apart from were all insects on this flying rock, not religouse or anything..

but when it comes to something like this, its good to watch is a good storm, i don't give a damn no fear..

and if it did strike me wilst out walking, quite frankly its tough ****, wouldn't feel it, would ether wake up in hospital or wouldn't wake up at all...

thats life :) live it wilst you can, don't keep checking the weather forecast, spend your time doing things you enjoy, or working to earn for the things you enjoy, because no one else will do it for you!

sorry for the lil life story there :)
 
You could watch a few documentaries of it, watch some random videos on youtube of lightning and put some headphones on so you can clearly hear the noise it makes and gradually you should get used to it over time.

There is a place in the world where there is a continuous storm going on in a canyon/valley somewhere, can't remember where though.

Here it is.
 
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